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Slave Shipment. - - Eighty-five slaves were shipped from this point yesterday over the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, en route for Kentucky. Things have come to such a pass in this section that slave owners have few rights that are entitled to respect, and being possessed of sufficient discernment to appreciate this fact, even the masters themselves are becoming practical immediate Emancipationists.
When the darkies cross over Jordan into the land of bleeding patriots and fat contractors, but slight, if any, efforts are ever made to secure their return.
It is the more stubborn of these masters who are now shipping off their servants to Kentucky.
Born and bred to the belief that the holding of slaves is a Divine right, even the rude shock of war does not induce them to loose their hold where there is the least prospect of retaining it, and believing that more security prevails in Kentucky than in Missouri, they are preparing to send their property there.Date(s) of Creation
8/14/1863
